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The trailer I watched of this before Coco has been haunting me for weeks. The dialogue was out of sync with what they were saying and it frustrated me so much because...this is a film that went to theatres even though it looks like one of those freaky Elsa/Spider-Man videos on YouTube I’m shocked

What animation movies like 'Inside Out' or 'The Incredibles' or many others do have in common? They work on two levels: For kids and for adults as well.

'Tad Stones' is definitely for kids only. You get some nice references to other movies (guess which movie it could be? ;) ) and some funny and strangely cute characters. Sometimes animations where extremely good (ironically action scenes) and others looked simple and uncharitably made.

It is what it is, a cheap and cheerful Mexican animated Indiana Jones rip off with some questionable representation of the female characters. It's pretty much an animated Canon film with less violence then out of nowhere one of the more genuinely moving and touching scenes this side of a Pixar film, it was so out of left field that it threw me and elevated the film quite a bit.

Spanish animated sequel about a bumbling archeologist on the hunt for King Midas’ gold. Undemanding, unspectacular, inoffensive; decent animation, some funny characters and it doesn’t outstay it’s welcome.

Amusing in parts, as always the added extras were more entertaining than the main "cast"... i.e. the animals and the mummy stole the show.

What I didn't realise before seeing this is that it's the second film in the series. In 2012 there was Tadeo Jones... or Tad: The Explorer for the non-Spanish audience. The film on it's own makes sense, but you're left with a little confusion at the beginning when you realise everyone knows everyone else.

The animation isn't particularly my sort of thing. It has the look of something you'd expect from a TV show, but generally most average animation is still good animation.